Paper Smooches, Memory Box and Perfect Layers Tools News…

March 30, 2013March 30, 2013 Pam Sparks13 Comments

With ME!

That’s what I need to put on the inside! : ) and Happy Spring! Super cute Paper Smooches stamps and dies. Graffiti Alphabet stamps and Alphawhimsy Alphabet dies… the stamps don’t quite work perfectly with the dies but with a little ‘adjusting’ I used them together for ‘Tulips’! I stamped on Hammermill 80# Color Copy Cover card-stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers. I stamped the tulip letters in Tumbled Glass Distress ink.

I store my Paper Smooches stamps in the sheet protectors I linked to below. They are 8.5 x 11, fit in a D ring binder and hold three sets on each page (I do have to trim a little of the acetate so they fit, big scissors, whack it off! lol)… so easy to flip through for inspiration!

Sky and Grass are Distress inks… Tumbled Glass and Peeled Paint, applied with the ink blending tool.

Black mat for the main image cut with the Perfect Layers Tools 1/8 inch ruler! Awesome every time! Link below or in the sidebar.

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Every month there will be a couple blog hops with the PLT’s DT and another company… we’re starting this coming Monday, April 1st, no foolin’ with a hop. Lots of fun and prizes too! woohoo! Be sure to click ‘follow ‘ in the sidebar so you’ll get my email update right at 8 a.m. when the hop starts! ❤ ❤ ❤

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I have a Memory Box card to share today too! It shows the mats/layers cut with the Perfect Layer’s Tools also. I used the 1/16th inch and 1/8th inch rulers.

Lovely Bella Bouquet die…delicate lines and embossed flowers…an awesome die! I paired it with Fresh Foliage then added one of the Pastry dies and the Tessatina Border. The text ‘flowers’ is part of a new Memory Box stamp, inked with Peeled Paint Distress ink! Sneak Peak! : )

How about a super close up picture! Bella Bouquet is cut out of meadow and raspberry Memory Box card-stock. I cut the raspberry flowers off and glued them with Tombow Mono Multi glue to the meadow cut. I edged the leaves, stems and label with Peeled Paint Distress ink and the ink blending tool.

I use the Memory Box metal plate to cut the dies that have detail and small lines, like stems. Here’s a three minute You Tube by Dave (MB owner) on using the metal adaptor plate. I’m really glad I purchased the metal plate…cuts the fine detail dies great!

Thanks for stopping by! See you Monday for the hop! Holler if you have any questions!

Products I used…

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cards · copics · Doohickey's Dies · Magnolia · Masking · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps · Spring · Tilda's Town

Magnolia, Tilda’s Town… Think Spring!

March 22, 2013March 22, 2013 Pam Sparks30 Comments

I created a cute little bunny scene for you today! It’s time for this week’s Tilda’s Town Challenges post… THINK SPRING! It’s coming, it really is!

Click over to Tilda’s Town Challenges, HERE and enjoy the inspiration from the Design Team and enter the weekly challenge! We’d love to have you! Each week there is a random winner, chosen by Inlinkz, for a $10 gift certificate to Tilda’s Town.com!

Tilda’s Town is a most magical shop specializing in Magnolia Stamps. Over 1,100 stamps in stock at all times. Tilda’s Town offers FREE worldwide shipping on every order, every day. You can also save up to an additional 20% on your purchase by using one of the famous coupon codes. Shop at Tilda’s Town.com and live the magic.

Magnolia stamps are 30% off and DooHickeys dies are 20% off right now at Tilda’s Town! An awesome sale!

I stamped Little Bunny Tilda first on Copic X-press it card-stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, masked her with Eclipse masking paper, then stamped the Spring Fence positioning it with the stamp a ma jig, then masked the fence with Eclipse masking paper and THEN stamped the Bunny Background over both masked images using the stamp a ma jig to postition it where I wanted it.

whew! stamping fun! Do you know how to mask? use the stamp a ma jig? I have a few tutorials HERE, HERE and HERE.

I used my Perfect Paper Layers tools to cut the mats for the image and for the pattern papers. Link below or in the side bar! LOVE these tools!

Copics…
skin – E0000, 000, 00, 21, 11 – cheeks diluted R20 (diluted with R00)
hair – E27
bunny and bunny body – E40, 41, 42, 43
pink – R81
green – G40, 43, YG91
tree – E35, 37, 39, 27, 29
sky – BG0000, 000
fence – E43, 44, 47, 49
egg – BG53, 57
butterfly and daffodils – YR 20, 21, 23, 24

Thanks for stopping by today! I love having you over and appreciate your comments and friendship!

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cards · CAS · Memory Box · Poppystamps · rubber stamps · Spring

Memory Box, Meadow Bird with a Spring Song…

March 21, 2013May 12, 2013 Pam Sparks18 Comments

Birds singing…a sure sign of Spring! Here’s the Meadow Bird wishing you a happy day!

I used the Grapevine wreath die to create the nest… snipped it into pieces, layered and glued the pieces together with Tombow Mono Multi glue. The eggs are die cut from the tall oval tree in the Modern Landscape die. I used the smallest leaf from the Tender Leaves die for the tree leaves but afterwards I thought it’d be quicker to cut the Lavish Branch die once and use the leaves from it!

I used Memory Box gingham and dot papers, HERE and HERE

The cute little music notes stamp comes on the end of the Wishing you a happy day stamp!

A little dot of Viva Decor Pearl pen in the flower centers… a sweet, quick card!

Thanks for stopping by today! Back tomorrow with a Tilda card for Spring!

This card was listed in the SCS CAS favorites thread and the SCS Weekly favorites thread this week! What an honor! Thank you ladies!

Shopping…

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Memory Box – Hello Spring…

March 17, 2013August 6, 2013 Pam Sparks33 Comments

Spring is around the corner! Yesterday we stopped at my mother-in-law’s and sure enough, her daffodils are coming up!

I started this step card with the Orchard Tree Frame die. I cut it three times and layered/glued them together. If you get a little glue where you don’t want it, I linked below to the adhesive pick up I use… it’s the best one, in my opinion! The background piece is Memory Box Morroccan Bluebird card-stock, I ran it through the big shot with the frame die but I didn’t shim it, that way it didn’t cut clear through. The pieces that did cut completely I pieced them back in. The next layer up was cut in black and the top layer in white. The white layer I colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

I used the Summer Border die for the bottom. I cut it out of Memory Box color card-stock and pieced it together. I cut two green pieces, cutting the flowers and stems completely off of one. Then I sanded them, just a touch!

I LOVE the Parker lower case alphabet! I die cut it in white and mounted the words ‘hello spring’ with thin mounting squares that I cut into strips. I used Poppystamps Picket Fence die and Memory Box Puffy Clouds, Set of Swings, Lavish Branch and Vintage Bicycle dies. I cut the swing out of white card-stock and colored it with Copics to look like rope and a tire.

Step cards are easy to make and so fun to create a scene with! There’s a tutorial on Splitcoaststampers, HERE.

Challenges I’m linking to…

Di’s Digi Design Challenges – Easter/Spring
Cute Card Thursday – Anything Goes
ABC Challenge – Just as you like
A Gem of a Challenge – Easter/Spring
Oozak March Challenge – Anything Goes and Spring

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Happy Spring to you and yours!

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it’s a 3 card kind of day!

March 14, 2013March 15, 2013 Pam Sparks21 Comments

I was inspired to use some alphabet dies when I saw a card on Papertrey ink’s blog! I used some Crate paper from a 6×6 pad, a couple old Hero Arts sentiments, an EK Success border punch and an even older diamond punch to make the banner for a ‘scrappy looking kind of card’!

It’s a birthday card challenge for you! Use some ‘old and older’ stuff! lol Oh, and my tiny attacher was working that day, so I have a staple! yea! lol The background numbers stamp is one of those wheel stamps. I unmount them and use them as a flat stamp… multiple stamping to get the all over background, using the stamp a ma jig for placement.

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Pink is harder than red to capture in a photograph! eek! oh well, Here’s a cute card for the scooter rider of the family! Lots of fun stamps from Printworks Collection here… the fishtail banner pulls out and says….

Howie’s Ride J4300, Toy Racer C4295, Rough Rider B4290, Who Says? F4304, E4298 1..2..3.., Eat Cake A4299, On Your Mark D4123

Printworks has ‘thee’ best Birthday sentiments!!! This is a non-opening card, for lack of a better way to put it at the moment! : ) I didn’t tape the right side down so the fishtail banner could pull in and out. The stitching across the top is a Fiskars border punch. I used banner dies for the words and a circle punch.

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More fun stamps from Printworks Collection for Spring! I love this primitive wheelbarrow and it is fun to color and goes so well with all of Annette’s images and sentiments! I attempted watercoloring again on the scooter card and this one, with Caran d’Ache watercolor crayons on cold press watercolor paper. Perfect Layers Tools for matting the image… link in the sidebar.

the inside sentiments…